A critical analysis of the role of oil in hindering transition towards democracy in the Middle East
This article interrogates the role of resource wealth in hindering democracy and democratization in the Middle East. It questions the familiar argument that oil wealth is a catalyst for democracy and development, and argues that in the context of the Middle East, oil wealth appears to hamper transit...
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Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, London Metropolitan University
2010
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| Online Access: | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/101/1/InformationSocietyAndJustice_v3n2_p95-105.pdf |